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GROVE, Violet Mae[1]
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Name GROVE, Violet Mae [1] Birth 27 February 1933 Greene County, Ohio, United States of America
[1] Gender Female Death 28 August 2014 Branch County, Michigan, United States of America
[1] Burial Kinderhook, Branch County, Michigan, United States of America
[1] Notes - Violet Mae Straw, age 81, of Kinderhook Township, Montgomery, Michigan, passed away at Maple Lawn Medical Care Facility, Thursday, August 28, 2014.
Violet was born on February 27, 1933, in Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio.
She married Jay J. "Bud" Straw on April 4, 1953, in Angola, Indiana.
Violet graduated from Coldwater High School in 1951. She was a nurses' aide for the Coldwater State Home for 18 years, retiring in 1988. She enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren, and spending time at her cottage in northern Michigan.
Survivors include five daughters, Kathy (Bob) Miner of Montgomery, Michigan, Carolyn (Jeff) Hensley of Montgomery, Alabama, Sharon Frasier of Angola, Indiana, Velvet (Gerry) Lerch of Kent City, Michigan, and Shirley Sensat of Kinderhook Township, Michigan; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a brother, George Pope of Coldwater, Michigan.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jay " Bud" Straw; four brothers; and a grandson, Wesley.
Burial will be at Knauss Cemetery, Kinderhook Township, Branch County, Michigan
Person ID I422430272278 Ancestry dot com tree Last Modified 22 Oct 2025
Father GROVE, David Beacher, b. 7 May 1890, Urbana, Ohio
d. 9 September 1969, Franklin County, Ohio, United States of America
(Age 79 years) Mother STRICKLAND, Cora A, b. 16 December 1910, Ohio
d. 13 January 1966 (Age 55 years) Family ID F3808 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family STRAW, Jay J Jr, b. 15 April 1929 d. 1 December 2007 (Age 78 years) Children 1. STRAW, K. 2. STRAW, C.J. + 3. STRAW, S. 4. STRAW, V.D. 5. STRAW, S.E. Family ID F3719 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Oct 2025
- Violet Mae Straw, age 81, of Kinderhook Township, Montgomery, Michigan, passed away at Maple Lawn Medical Care Facility, Thursday, August 28, 2014.
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Sources - [S1666982414] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
- [S1666982414] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
